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薬 kanji
medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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ヤク
Kun readings
くすり
Variant forms
藥Words with 薬
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —さく薬explosives
- —薬局法pharmacopeia
- —屯服薬dose of medicine to be taken only once
- —薬しんdrug rash (eruption)
- —ぞろ薬generic drug
- —抗鬱薬antidepressant
- —抗欝薬antidepressant
- —薬きょうcartridge case
- —薬用石鹼medicinal soap
- —抗痙攣薬anticonvulsant
- —薬物濫用substance abuse; drug abuse; drug misuse
- —抗癲癇薬anticonvulsant; antiepileptic agent
- —加薬ご飯casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
- —加薬御飯casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
- —火薬ご飯casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables
- —一薬草科Pyrolaceae (family of evergreen perennial herbs)
- —抗ウツ薬antidepressant
- —薬用石けんmedicinal soap
- —薬石効なくno medical treatment having proved effective
- —鬱血除去薬decongestant
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